Learn To Be Difficult When It Counts

By Working Only When You Are Most Effective, Life Is Both More Productive And More Enjoyable. It's The Perfect Example Of Having Your Cake And Eating It, Too.

The Way We Measure Productivity Is Flawed. People Checking Their Blackberry Over Dinner Is Not The Measure Of Productivity.

I'm Not Averse To Making A Lot Of Money. But Where Does That End? I Hang Out With People With Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars. Is That The Standard By Which I Should Measure Myself? Where Does That Take You If You're In My Business? I Think It Takes You To Pretty Dark, Corrupt Places.

I Value Self-discipline, But Creating Systems That Make It Next To Impossible To Misbehave Is More Reliable Than Self-control.

If We Define Risk As 'the Likelihood Of An Irreversible Negative Outcome,' Inaction Is The Greatest Risk Of All.